8 STEP 1: WHY DELEGATE?
In my research on delegation, and in the books that I've read and the blogs, comments and bits I've read on the internet, as well as the knowledge I've gained around business people of all shapes, sizes and persuasions, the story rarely starts with ‘why’. Usually anything on delegation starts with ‘how’.
I'll dwell on this a little as I believe it is important and, moreover, in the ‘why’ lies the crux of the motivation to get it right. If we dive straight into thinking about how, or who, we are more likely to be delegating because we can or because we ought and less because we have thought through the true benefits: to us as delegating individuals, to them as individuals being delegated to, to it as an entity (be it ...
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